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Gospel temperance railroad map Gospel temperance railroad map (1908) Date: 1908 Author: G E Bula Dwnld: Full Size (13.13mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other religious maps that you might want to check out. In honor of the 78th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition in the U.S., December 5th, 1933. […]

Simon Panser's visualization of a Solar Eclipse, from 1748. Solar Eclipse Chart Date: 1748 Author: Simon Panser Dwnld: Full Size (2mb) Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other charts that you might want to check out. I'm gonna need a Dutch translation before I can make heads or tails of what's going on in this one. […]

A map of the principal rivers shewing their courses, countries, and comparative lengths. Starling's map of the principal rivers shewing their courses, countries, and comparative lengths (1834) Date: 1834 Author: Thomas Starling Dwnld: Full Size (11.58mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other educational maps that you might want to check out. […]

Stream Of Time, Or Chart Of Universal History, From The Original German Of Strass. Revised By D. Haskel. Stream Of Time, Or Chart Of Universal History (1842) Date: 1842 Author: J H Colton Dwnld: Full Size (19.83mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other educational maps that you might want to check […]

An anciente mappe of Fairyland : newly discovered and set forth: (imaginary locality) / designed by Bernard Sleigh. Sleigh's map of Fairyland (1872) Date: 1920 Author: Bernard Sleigh Dwnld: Full Size (19.00mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of fictive places that you might want to check out. Bernard Sleigh's […]

Comparative View Of The Heights Of The Principal Mountains Smith's Comparative View Of The Heights Of The Principal Mountains of the World (1816) Date: 1816 Author: Charles Smith Dwnld: Full Size (11.00mb) Source: DRMC Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other charts that you might want to check out. We've got a lot of "comparative heights" […]

Geographical conversation cards Melish's Geographical Conversation Cards (1824) Date: 1824 Author: John Graeme Melish Dwnld: Full Size (9.09mb) Source: Library of Congress Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other educational maps that you might want to check out. Here's an oddity from the Library of Congress, presented as much for the novelty value as anything. Flash […]

Mountains and Rivers Colton's Comparative Mountains and Rivers (1855) Date: 1855 Author: J H Colton Dwnld: Full Size (14.88mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other educational maps that you might want to check out. One of the more handsome "Comparative Heights/Lengths" charts you'll find. This one by (some subordinate of) J […]

USGS 7.5” Topographic Standards and Specifications USGS 7.5” Topographic Standards and Specifications Date: 2002 Author: USGS Dwnld: Full Size (4.16mb) Source: USGS Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other USGS maps that you might want to check out. Tomorrow is the United States Geological Survey's 133rd birthday. In honor of one of my favorite institutions (and […]

Rozel Point, SW, 7.5” Topo USGS' most fascinating Topo: Rozel Point SW (1969) Date: 1969 Author: USGS Dwnld: Full Size (26.28mb) Source: USGS Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Utah that you might want to check out. The U.S. Geological Survey has been making their flagship paper map – the 7.5-minute quadrangle – […]

Lloyd's New Political Chart, 1861 Lloyd's New Political Chart, 1861 Date: 1861 Author: H H Lloyd Dwnld: Full Size (17.38mb) Source: Rumsey Map Collection Print Availability: See our Prints Page for more details pff This map isn't part of any series, but we have other educational charts that you might want to check out. Lot of info to parse, here, for any interested party. I don't have time to read […]

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The Pruitt-Igoe Myth:an Urban HistoryA documentary film about the profound ways in which the American city changed in the 20th Century. Told through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis.